Photographer: Kristian Helgesen / Bloomberg
Photographer: Kristian Helgesen / Bloomberg
A giant container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking traffic in both directions on one of the busiest maritime trade routes in the world, which is vital for the movement of oil to liquefied natural gas.
The ship of the 400-meter-long container ship, Ever Upon, became long journeys across the canal on Tuesday, causing a pile of at least 100 ships that wanted to transit between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, according to the ship’s brokers. and cartographic data compiled by Bloomberg.
Ever given, which was transporting goods from China to Rotterdam, ran aground Tuesday morning, local time, and tugs are trying to re-float the ship, Leth Agencies, a major provider of Suez Canal crossing services, told customers .
According to Leth agencies, approximately 42 ships in the convoy heading north or arriving in canal traffic north are expected to re-float the ship ashore. Some 64 ships traveling south were also affected.
“There was a land incident” on the Suez Canal, said Alok Roy, fleet director of BSM Hong Kong, the manager of the ship Ever given. No injuries or contamination were reported, he said.
The Taiwan-based vessel operator, Evergreen Group, was unable to respond immediately to a request for comment.
Boat tracking data showed that the Ever done was still in the same position as around two in the morning on Wednesday in Cairo. A spokesman for the Suez Canal Authority could not be contacted after midnight local time.
The Suez Canal is among the busiest waterways in the world, used by oil tankers transporting crude oil from the Middle East to Europe and North America.
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